Vote wisely in next general election
KUCHING: Voters must vote wisely during the coming 15th General Election (GE15), said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief, Datuk Snowdan Lawan. He said this when commenting on a statement by Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) Youth (Armada) chief Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal that the momentum gained after 2021 Budget approval meant the […]
Aung San Suu Kyi wins parliamentary seat in Myanmar’s GE
YANGON: Aung San Suu Kyi, chairperson of the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD), has won a seat in the House of Representatives (Lower House) in Sunday’s general elections, Xinhua news agency reported according to the Union Election Commission (UEC) on Tuesday. Suu Kyi, the current State Counsellor of Myanmar, competed in Yangon’s Kawmhu constituency […]
Nation battling Covid-19, not right time to hold general, state election
PUTRAJAYA: Now is not the right time to hold a general or state election as the country is still battling Covid-19, the Election Commission (EC) said today. EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh, when responding to reports that Sarawak may be facing a state election in the near future, said maintaining public health safety during […]
Why another race-based party, Dr M?
Wherever it takes disaster to unite, politics generally divide: and in eras of intense uncertainty, a nation’s people retreat into the tribes in which they feel the most secure. –Criss Jami, American poet As a Chinese and a Christian, let me make an honest political declaration here. If I were younger and keen on embarking […]
Politics should be a vocation
I believe many of you will agree when I state here that we normally pay scant or no attention to what unknown politicians like defeated electoral candidates say or do. We are more likely to listen attentively to selected speeches and statements of ministers and elected representatives and dissect their words too, if they are […]
PAS Sarawak readies for polls
KUCHING: Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) Sarawak said they are ready for the upcoming 12th State Election and 15th General Election. PAS Sarawak commissioner Jofri Jaraiee said the party has identified several constituencies where it would contest in. “For the record, PAS has gone on the ground to meet the community although we have not won […]
Whoever wins, Sabahans lose
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. – Richard Armour, American poet Imagine this. It took just one Umno assemblyman, Tan Sri Musa Aman, to attempt a coup against the Sabah government and it almost succeeded. We have to […]
GE15 and 12PRN together will be nice: Masing
KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin should call for a snap general election to coincide with the Sarawak state election, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. Masing stressed that the timing of the election would be one of the issues to be discussed during the prime minister’s visit […]
Minister says EC ready for GE15
KUALA LUMPUR: The election commission (EC) is prepared to face the possibility of an early 15th general election (GE15), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan. He said the preparations included budget, equipment, logistics, system development, human resource management and training of staff. “This is important to ensure a smooth election, especially […]
PAP expected to keep power, taking 83 of total 93 seats
SINGAPORE: Early indications are that the People’s Action Party (PAP) is en route to retaining power by winning 83 of the 93 parliamentary seats up for grabs in Friday’s Singapore general election. The Workers’ Party (WP) is expected to win 10 seats. These early results, as of 1 am Saturday, are based on a sample […]
